#DareNigeria

A Nigeria that works belongs to all of us.

The Dare Agenda is a citizens' platform on accountability, internal party democracy, and the protection of the constitutional rights of Nigerians to participate in their own governance.

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Corridors of work
2026
Primary Season Audit
The Dare Agenda

Four Pillars.
One Movement.

Each pillar names a part of Nigerian life where citizens have been told the work is not theirs. The Agenda argues the opposite, and shows the way in.

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Pillar One

Voice in Government

Citizens participating between elections, not just at them. The four employees of the people, the people they answer to, and the tools you already have to hold them to account.

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Pillar Two

Citizens in Elections

Elections are decided long before the ballot. The five points of citizen agency, from voter registration through the tribunals, and where your presence changes the outcome.

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Pillar Three

Internal Party Democracy

What happens inside political parties is not internal affairs. It is the front gate of our democracy. How parties choose candidates, and how citizens can see and change that process.

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Pillar Four

The Dignity of the Citizen

A politics that does not produce dignity has failed its first test. The cultural and economic foundations on which citizenship can actually be exercised.

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How the Work is Organised

Three Corridors of Work.

The Dare Institute pursues the Dare Agenda through three corridors of structured, purposeful civic work.

Corridor One

Dare to See

Evidence and understanding. The 2026 Primary Season Audit, the citizens' upload portal, and the long-horizon documentary record of how power is exercised.

Corridor Two

Dare to Speak

Voice and accountability. The Pillar webinar series, legislative reform advocacy, and the Aspirants' Bill of Rights, amplified across Nigeria.

Corridor Three

Dare to Stand

Participation and action. Cross-party coalition convening, citizen mobilisation campaigns, and the Citizen Candidate Pipeline.

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Every Sunday

The Citizen's Brief

Four to six paragraphs on one issue. Always with a clear call to action. Written for Nigerians who are ready to act.

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The first edition of the Citizen's Brief sets out what the Dare Agenda is, why now, and the single action every reader can take before next Sunday.

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Brief 002 Coming Soon

[Who Are Your Four Employees?]

Most Nigerians can name their President. Fewer can name all four elected officials who work for them — and fewer still know the constitutional tools available to hold them to account.

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Brief 003 Coming Soon

[The Party Primary Is Not an Internal Matter]

The candidate that appears on your ballot was chosen months before you voted. That choosing is the real election. Here is how to be present for it.

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Weekly Conversations

The Dare Webinar Series

The Pillar webinar series brings together Nigerians for structured, practical conversations on the work of citizenship.

Live webinar on citizen accountability
This Week

Who Are Your Four Employees? Mapping Citizen Rights

Date TBC  |  6:00 PM WAT

A practical guide to the four elected officials every Nigerian has — and the tools you already hold to keep them to account.

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Upcoming webinar on party democracy
Coming Up

Inside the Primary: How Candidates Are Really Chosen

Date TBC  |  6:00 PM WAT

A deep look at the internal party primary process, the Electoral Act provisions, and where citizens can intervene.

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Archive: Aspirants' Bill of Rights
From the Archive

The Aspirants' Bill of Rights: A First Reading

Archive

The Principal reads and explains the Aspirants' Bill of Rights, clause by clause, with live audience questions.

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The Dare Institute

Built on the conviction that citizens are not spectators.

The Dare Institute is a Nigerian civic body whose work advances the Dare Agenda. Founded in 2026 by Abisayo Busari-Akinnadeju, the Institute exists to close the gap between Nigerians and the political process that purports to represent them.

We document, we publish, we convene, and we equip citizens with the tools and the company they need to occupy the part of Nigerian democracy that has always belonged to them.

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Your name. Your state. Your movement.

Registration enters you into our citizens' database, segmented by state. You receive The Citizen's Brief each Sunday and notice of webinars and convenings in your area.

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The Dare Institute is funded by Nigerians who believe the work is worth doing. Every contribution is acknowledged. Every quarter, we publish a public financial report.

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